Fastener for soft collars.



J. G. & J. A. DORAN.

FASTENER FOR SOFT UOLLARS.

APPLIOATIONI FILED MAR.6, 1912. RENEWED MAR. 10, 1913.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

)NVENTORS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- JAMES C. DOBAN AND JAMES A. DURAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

Application filed March 5, 1912,1Seria1 No. 81,709. Renewed March 10, 1913. Serial No. 158,419.

"soft collars or unstarched collars, for

shirts, shirt-waists and the like; although the fastener may be used for other purposes. Such fasteners comprise a pair. of button-. like heads connected by various means.

The present invention uses the heads and mounts them upon pins or shanks, and these pins or shanks are inserted in the opposite ends of a tube, and the ends of the tube together with the pins or shankstherein are bent at an angle to the body of the tube, so

that the heads are. presented at the proper angle to the tube for use in the buttonholes of-the collar and in addition are permanently secured to the tube, all! as we will proceed now more particularly to explain and finally claim. 7

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which-like partsare similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional soft collar with our fastener applied. .Fig. 2is a plan view, and Fig.-3is

a side elevation of the fastener detached. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation, on a larger scale, of one end of the fastener. Fig. 5 shows the two heads in elevation and the tube in section ready to be assembled.

The collar '1, has the buttonholes 2 in opposite edges of its turned-over member as usual, and to these buttonholes 15 applied the fastener 3 to connect these turned over ends and hold up the collar in proper position about the wearers neck.

The fastener comprises a tube 4 with ends 5 bent up substantially at right angles to the body of the tube and sustaining the button-heads 6. Thesebutton-heads may be of any material, and they are provided with ins or shanks 7, or other means which are E mer-ted in 'opposite ends of the tube while hey and the tube are straight, as-indicated in Fig. 5, and then the ends of the tube, with the pins or shanks inserted therein, are bent as indicated in Fig. 4, so that the buttonheads and their pins or shanks or other insertible medium, are permanently connected with the tube. By this construction soldering is avoided, and a very simple, strong and efficient fastener is produced, at low cost of manufacture. It is possiblealso to use a great variety of materials for the heads. Open or seamless tubing orhollow wire may be used for the connecting medium. What we claim is 1. A fastener for soft collars and the like, comprising headed pins and a connecting tube inthelends of which the headed pins are-placed, said pins and tube bent to unite them.

2.. A fastener for soft collars and the like, having heads provided with pins and a connecting tube in the ends of whichsaid pins are inserted, the ends of the tube and the adjacent portions of the pins being bent at an angle to the body of the tube.

In: testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this sixteen day of February 

